Monash University Kendo Club

Monash University Kendo Club Monash University Kendo Club (MUKC)

Affiliated with the Victorian Kendo Renmei (VKR) and the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR)

Part of TeamMONASH

Our club is affiliated with the Victorian Kendo Renmei (VKR), the Australian Kendo Renmei (AKR), the International Kendo Federation and TeamMONASH. We are an all-ages club, with members in Primary School, High School, University (undergrad and postgrad) as well as those in the workforce. At MUKC, as serious as we are about our kendo, we are also a social club! Join up and make new friends! We have

events throughout the year including dinners, movie nights, BBQs, etc. SENSEI
Yoichi Yano (7th Dan)
Noriko Matsumoto (7th Dan)
Kazuya Kimura (6th Dan)
Kaori Dimovski (6th Dan)
Trent Reeve (5th Dan)
Eugene Chow (5th Dan)
Hoey Yein (5th Dan)

TRAINING TIMES
Monday: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Wednesday: 6:00PM - 8:00PM


Every second Wednesday, the first half session is kata training. Visitor's fee: $5 per training.

On Monday, we had a lovely guest Luciano Marino (4 Dan) from Chile.Thank you so much for joining our keiko and it was gr...
12/08/2026

On Monday, we had a lovely guest Luciano Marino (4 Dan) from Chile.
Thank you so much for joining our keiko and it was great to meet you ✨✨✨

Also, with everyone from the Semester 2 beginner course (Started on Monday!), nice too meet you everyone.

Yuuki (2Dan) from Nagasaki Japan, started joining our club at the end of June.  And she got the new tare name today! Woo...
05/08/2026

Yuuki (2Dan) from Nagasaki Japan, started joining our club at the end of June. And she got the new tare name today! Woohoo 🙌 yuuki

It is nice to meet you Yuuki, we are very happy that we can train together 😊💓 We hope you enjoy keiko too.

⭐Otsuka taikai 2026 ⭐- mixed team tournament Congratulations to everyone who participated and great result for Nick and ...
12/07/2026

⭐Otsuka taikai 2026 ⭐- mixed team tournament

Congratulations to everyone who participated and great result for Nick and Lucinda also Johnny from RMIT ! Omedetou 🎉
Otsukaresama desh*ta for all the sensei for shinpan and everyone who helped as volunteers 🙇

First Place 🥇 in Teams Division

Senpo - Nicholas Pantis (Monash)
Chuuken - Lucinda Burgin Uhlherr (Monash)
Taisho - Johnny Nguyen (RMIT)

On Wednesday, we had three special guests from Sydney.Usami sensei renshi 6 Dan and sensei's two students Sugihara Kun a...
11/07/2026

On Wednesday, we had three special guests from Sydney.
Usami sensei renshi 6 Dan and sensei's two students Sugihara Kun and Nakamura Kun✨✨

Thank you so much for joining our keiko, it was great !!
See you all again 🤗.


On Monday, we had two special guests✨✨ Sayuri Tanaka sensei 5th Dan from Nagasaki Japan and Mio chan 2nd Dan from Kenyuk...
09/07/2026

On Monday, we had two special guests✨✨
Sayuri Tanaka sensei 5th Dan from Nagasaki Japan and Mio chan 2nd Dan from Kenyukai Queensland ✨✨

Thank you so much for coming and it was great to meet you both and train together ☺️

Monash Kids at 1st Junior Australian Kendo Championships 🇦🇺 Congratulations to everyone who participated 👏We are for sur...
07/07/2026

Monash Kids at 1st Junior Australian Kendo Championships 🇦🇺

Congratulations to everyone who participated 👏
We are for sure you all had a wonderful experience ❣️

Australian Junior Kendo Championships

⭐Result in mixteams

Boys Team 1st
- Kai Usui-Crook 🥇

Boys Team 3rd
- Kazuma Nguyen 🥉

⭐Individuals

U14 boys - third place
- Ray Asano 🥉

⭐ Monash University Kendo Club Winter Gasshuku ⭐ Day 1 and day 2Thank you so much to the committee for organizing everyt...
30/06/2026

⭐ Monash University Kendo Club Winter Gasshuku ⭐
Day 1 and day 2

Thank you so much to the committee for organizing everything for this great event 🤗

Hope to keep everything we learnt to input to our mind and output at each keiko.

Otsukaresama desh*ta everyone!!

Thank you so much for joining our keiko Noboru Imaizumi sensei and giving us great advices ☺️ 1. Collect cut 2. Strong c...
21/06/2026

Thank you so much for joining our keiko Noboru Imaizumi sensei and giving us great advices ☺️ 1. Collect cut
2. Strong cut 3. Speed follows after these

Imaizumi Sensei (kyoshi 7th Dan ) is from Fukuoka Japan , traveling overseas and visiting different countries to do kendo. He said it's so great to meet a lot of people from different nationalities doing Kendo with strong passion 🤗 How wonderful.


1st Asia Oceania Kendo Championships in Tokyo Japan Congratulations Josh for coming to the second place 🥈 (3Dan and unde...
31/05/2026

1st Asia Oceania Kendo Championships in Tokyo Japan
Congratulations Josh for coming to the second place 🥈 (3Dan and under individual tournament) and congratulations to the ladies team for the third 🥉 place as Team Australia.

Fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏
Congratulations to everyone in the Team Australia 🦘 🇦🇺




2026 Beginners Graduation Night 🎓Congratulations to all beginners for completing their course!Thank you very much to the...
19/05/2026

2026 Beginners Graduation Night 🎓

Congratulations to all beginners for completing their course!

Thank you very much to the teaching team - Eugene sensei, Gorden and Lucinda for your dedication in nurturing the next Kendo generation.

We hope to see everyone continue Kendo and see you at the Dojo!

Address

Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton
Melbourne, VIC
3800

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 8pm
Wednesday 6pm - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm

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